Sapé language
| Sapé | |
|---|---|
| Kaliana | |
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Region | Paragua and Karuna rivers |
| Ethnicity | 28 (1992)[1] |
Native speakers | 5 (2007)[1] |
Arutani–Sape ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | spc |
| Glottolog | sape1238 |
| ELP | Sapé |
Sapé a.k.a. Kaliana is a nearly extinct language spoken along the Paragua River and Karuna River. In 2008 a few elderly speakers were found. Sape is one of the most poorly attested extant languages in South America, and may be a language isolate. There is, however, no comprehensive linguistic data on the language.[2][3]
Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Warao, Chibchan, Puinave-Kak, Jirajara, Tukano, Arutani, and Maku language families due to contact.[4]
Similarities with Chibchan are primarily with the Magdalena subgroup.[4]: 326
References
- ^ a b Sapé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Harald Hammarström, 2010, 'The status of the least documented language families in the world'. In Language Documentation & Conservation, v 4, p 183 [1]
- ^ Dixon and Aikhenvald, 1999, The Amazonian Languages, p 343.
- ^ a b Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
External links
- Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: SAPÉ.
- Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America, Sapé Collection
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